What is main.exe?

The .exe extension on a filename indicates an executable file. Executable files may, in some cases, harm your computer. Therefore, please read below to decide for yourself whether the main.exe on your computer is a Trojan that you should remove, or whether it is a file belonging to the Windows operating system or to a trusted application.

Description:Main.exe is not essential for Windows and will often cause problems. The file main.exe is located in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files".
Known file sizes on Windows 10/8/7/XP are 1,195,712 bytes (23% of all occurrences), 3,371,008 bytes and 9 more variants.
The file is not a Windows system file. The program has no visible window.
Main.exe is able to record keyboard and mouse inputs, monitor applications and manipulate other programs.
Therefore the technical security rating is 28% dangerous, however you should also read the user reviews.

Uninstalling this variant:
You can uninstall the program Razer Game Booster or Razer Cortex, update it, or try to get help from the software vendor. Click on www.razerzone.com to update it, click on www.razerzone.com to visit the vendor's website, or click on Razer Game Booster or Razer Cortex in Windows Control Panel (section Software or Programs) to uninstall it.

If main.exe is located in a subfolder of C:\, the security rating is 68% dangerous. The file size is 3,549,184 bytes (40% of all occurrences), 3,360,256 bytes, 4,078,080 bytes or 3,641,432 bytes.
The program has no visible window. The main.exe file is not a Windows core file. There is no description of the program. It can change the behavior of other programs or manipulate other programs.
Main.exe is able to connect to the Internet, record keyboard and mouse inputs, hide itself, monitor applications and manipulate other programs.

Uninstalling this variant:
You can uninstall the program Razer Cortex, update it, or try to get help from the software vendor. Click on www.razerzone.com to update it, click on www.razerzone.com to visit the vendor's website, or click on Razer Cortex in Windows Control Panel (section Software or Programs) to uninstall it.

If main.exe is located in a subfolder of Windows folder for temporary files, the security rating is 56% dangerous. The file size is 1,406,808 bytes.
The file is a file with no information about its developer. The program has no visible window. The file is not a Windows system file.

Uninstalling this variant:
You could uninstall InstallVC90Support software via Windows Control Panel/Add or Remove Programs (Windows XP) or Programs and Features (Windows 10/8/7).

If main.exe is located in a subfolder of C:\Windows, the security rating is 46% dangerous. The file size is 617,535 bytes.

If main.exe is located in the C:\Windows\System32 folder, the security rating is 36% dangerous. The file size is 317,001 bytes.

External information from Paul Collins:There are different files with the same name:

"SpyCop ScanCheck" can run at start up. SpyCop surveillance software detection - checks to see when your machine was last scanned and if it was more than a week asks if you want to scan

"SuperCool Compress Backup" can run at start up. "SuperCool Zip Backup software is a data backup,restore and file synchronization program"

Important: Some malware camouflages itself as main.exe, particularly when located in the C:\Windows or C:\Windows\System32 folder, for example Backdoor.Hupigon.287499 (detected by BitDefender), and Trojan.Gen.2 or WS.Reputation.1 (detected by Symantec). Therefore, you should check the main.exe process on your PC to see if it is a threat. We recommend Security Task Manager for verifying your computer's security. This was one of the Top Download Picks of The Washington Post and PC World.

main.exe is a file coming from a tor hidden service. By my observations and headbanging for 2 days i found a site for bit coins(http://eligius.st/wiki/index.php/FAQ#Help.21_I.27m_infected_with_a_virus_using_your_service.21) that is arrogantly spreading software, which is using other PCs resources. On my PC it was using about 700mb of memory. Went into the registry found the service BITS (background intelligent transfer service) it is a windows service but i didn't like it anyway. And the creation of main.exe stopped and with it the background usage of my resources. BIG M (further information)

This is the name of the GUI for DualMiner software if you are using that. ThePhwner (further information)

I was highly alarmed at seeing this in my running processes at first, but there was no reason to be, at least in my case. Its a service of Razer Game Booster. Anonymous (further information)

I got this and it asked for joining to my internet. I went to my laptop and i had the same well i pressed it on my laptop. I got some messages on Skype or so and my internet got laggy... I recommend to remove it

After some researching i have found "razer cortex" uses a file with the same name Bartna

Best practices for resolving main issues

A clean and tidy computer is the key requirement for avoiding problems with main. This means running a scan for malware, cleaning your hard drive using cleanmgr and sfc /scannow, uninstalling programs that you no longer need, checking for Autostart programs (using msconfig) and enabling Windows' Automatic Update. Always remember to perform periodic backups, or at least to set restore points.

Should you experience an actual problem, try to recall the last thing you did, or the last thing you installed before the problem appeared for the first time. Use the resmon command to identify the processes that are causing your problem. Even for serious problems, rather than reinstalling Windows, you are better off repairing of your installation or, for Windows 8 and later versions, executing the DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth command. This allows you to repair the operating system without losing data.

To help you analyze the main.exe process on your computer, the following programs have proven to be helpful: Security Task Manager displays all running Windows tasks, including embedded hidden processes, such as keyboard and browser monitoring or Autostart entries. A unique security risk rating indicates the likelihood of the process being potential spyware, malware or a Trojan. Malwarebytes Anti-Malware detects and removes sleeping spyware, adware, Trojans, keyloggers, malware and trackers from your hard drive.